Gross Automation continues to “advance the art in delivering automation” with continued vendor education.

Gross Automation continues to “advance the art in delivering automation” with continued vendor education.

Brookfield, WI –July 6, 2015 – Gross Automation, a leading distributor and value added solutions provider, today announced participation in Westermo’s Certified Engineering program to continue to provide the expertise the company’s customers have come to expect.

Westermo, a key channel supplier for Gross Automation, is supporting the growing interest in Westermo products and solutions for critical data communications applications, is now providing Certified Engineering training in the North America. These are three-day technical courses that help sales and support engineers, system integrators and end users to increase their level of expertise and understanding of Westermo solutions and the requirements for implementing reliable industrial networks. Gross Automation Sales & Engineering teams recently took the course and according to Dan Gacke, system sales support Engineer , “ This training provided a thorough understanding of why Westermo products are known for their environmental durability, ease of configuration, and robust networking functionality. Westermo continues to be our go to product for industrial automation networking solutions.”

Westermo Training for group pictureWestermo and its partner Gross Automation work closely together to provide industrial networking solutions for critical applications in a broad range of industries across the United States and Canada. Helping Gross Automation engineers to enhance their levels of expertise, Westermo US held its first Certified Engineer training course in May at Gross Automation’s brand new Customer Experience Center in Wisconsin.

The course was run by instructor Mikael Puman, who traveled from Sweden to offer participants the benefit of his extensive knowledge of Westermo’s WeOS operating software and experience in implementing industrial networks. Using hands on training with the latest Westermo equipment, the Westermo Certified Engineer course aims to provide data communication engineers with a greater understanding of the Westermo product range, the WeOS operating system, and data communication solutions.

“The certified training courses are an excellent way of improving the skillset of our sales engineers. Mikael is a great instructor. He not only provided our team with a huge amount of useful technical information, but also reconfirmed our confidence in the products and support offered by Westermo.”– Bob Gross, President and CEO of Gross Automation.

As a result of the recent training course, eight additional engineers from Gross Automation have become Westermo Certified Engineers.